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The Independent Crossword December 19 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 19 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Great guy from East needs minute inside shops71 AcrossReveal answer → Inheritor41 AcrossReveal answer → Thus, in printing33 AcrossReveal answer → Punk's green hair pushed back75 AcrossReveal answer → Ill67 AcrossReveal answer → Beset68 AcrossReveal answer → English invested in wine initially stored in vessels59 AcrossReveal answer → Remaining49 AcrossReveal answer → Pamper uncle with a ruptured spleen910 AcrossReveal answer → Lawbreaker810 AcrossReveal answer → Withdrawn journalist clutching pamphlet1011 AcrossReveal answer → Casual relationship911 AcrossReveal answer → And others towards the end returned412 AcrossReveal answer → 24 6 19 16 for 2?1114 AcrossReveal answer → Restful816 AcrossReveal answer → Old PM with Larry say devouring old gull hearts regardless1118 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian419 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly620 AcrossReveal answer → Misprints621 AcrossReveal answer → Scandinavians not loud boozers421 AcrossReveal answer → Colourant322 AcrossReveal answer → Review ultra-harsh for final performance1022 AcrossReveal answer → Rip423 AcrossReveal answer → Drink to Scots having arrived unexpectedly925 AcrossReveal answer → Elland Road team tops league did you say?526 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare without finishing study in China727 AcrossReveal answer → Teetotaller in bank finally gets giggles728 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Hamper61 DownReveal answer → Hard to follow The King's Speech61 DownReveal answer → Agent X after stuff on radio62 DownReveal answer → Disinclination to move72 DownReveal answer → Rotten Row recreated outside small place like Margate?103 DownReveal answer → Japanese food53 DownReveal answer → Snake one caught in savoury jelly54 DownReveal answer → Culmination64 DownReveal answer → Rook — different meat in northern town95 DownReveal answer → Group of countries45 DownReveal answer → Skin flick46 DownReveal answer → Spittle66 DownReveal answer → Is it pub-o'clock before you know it?87 DownReveal answer → Irritating being short of Liberal dons88 DownReveal answer → Hang around612 DownReveal answer → Clique713 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle associated with old school member?1013 DownReveal answer → In arrears614 DownReveal answer → Deposit on teeth615 DownReveal answer → Male in each community coming out915 DownReveal answer → Like some speeches in part Sweeney's source yelled about?816 DownReveal answer → Flexible girl taking walk outside817 DownReveal answer → Nimble517 DownReveal answer → Clarified butter418 DownReveal answer → Emerald Isle's ultimate writer619 DownReveal answer → Article One's written about singular subject620 DownReveal answer → Flower Romeo dropped into Spanish wine523 DownReveal answer → Ancient arrow point bloodied all around424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 19, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.